Harb ibn Umayya حرب بن أمية | |
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Born | Ḥarb ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams |
Died | Unknown |
Known for | being the qāʾid of the Meccans |
Spouse | Safiyya bint Hazn |
Children | |
Parent | Umayya ibn Abd Shams (father) |
Military career | |
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Ḥarb ibn Umayya ibn ʿAbd Shams (Arabic: حرب بن أمية بن عبد شمس) was the father of Abu Sufyan and Arwa and the son of Umayya ibn Abd Shams.[1] Harb is credited in the Islamic tradition as the first among the Quraysh to write in Arabic and the first to stop consuming wine.[2]
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